Elio’s Son Dante: Autism, Loss & State Failure in Italy

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Article Title: Elio Reflects on Humor, Music, and the Surreal Journey of Elio e le Storie Tese

Summary: Elio, the frontman of Elio e le Storie Tese, discusses the band's upcoming summer tour, their unique blend of humor and music, and reflects on memorable moments, including a Sanremo inquiry and the tragic loss of band member Feiez.

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Elio, known offstage as Stefano, embodies a captivating blend of melancholy and comic energy, a rare combination that has defined his artistic persona. As Elio e le Storie Tese gear up for their summer tour, titled "I only have a tooth and I try to put it back," and a special concert in Monza on May 26 with the medusa Trio, Elio reflects on the band's journey, their approach to humor, and the importance of live music.

"It will be a party," Elio says of the Monza concert, "we will play from 3 PM to midnight. It is indeed the third we do, we will host people we like, like the trio, and above all it will be live music, people who really play on the stage, not self -proposed or similar devils. All real, live."

Addressing rumors about the band's dissolution, elio playfully dismisses them, stating, "But no, we like to monkey the large groups that melt easily and then maybe they make a last tour of the reunion that lasts ten years. Even splitting the tools on stage, as Jimi Hendrix did, is something that intrigues us.We did it. We took guitars recently and broke five together."

Elio reflects on the challenges of making people laugh in today's environment. "Much, there are no more occasions, it seems to be forbidden to do it," he laments. "If it happens, the Madonna of Czestochowa had appeared as if it appeared." he notes the prevalence of social media's judgmental culture, which he believes stifles artistic freedom. "In art and culture, no limits should be put, of any kind. You have to feel and be free to say anything. So it should work, in democracy."

Despite the difficulties, Elio maintains his recognition for the surreal and absurd, citing Cochi and Renato, Jannacci, Mel Brooks, Monty Python, and Frank Zappa as sources of inspiration. Among contemporary comedians, he admires Lanadini for his "lunar, unpredictable comedy."

Elio acknowledges the band's unique combination of musical talent and comedic sensibility. "We have had a long success, which is not always a good thing, you can impigrate," he says."Today I am very happy with what we do from a musical point of view. Of course, we have always tried to be unique in the texts and the staging. But believe me that the musical part is vital, to get to the public in full."

The band's participation in the Sanremo Music Festival is a notable part of their history. "We felt it as a public service to be performed," Elio explains. "We knew that there was an audience made of people like us and we wanted to represent it. A splendid minority. But then we arrived twice seconds.With the land of the persimmons we risked winning, indeed perhaps we had won."

The 1996 entry "La terra dei Cachi (The Land of Persimmons)" led to a judicial investigation. "I was questioned, I was very proud of this, and they asked me sincerely meaningless things, like if Pippo Baudo had interfered on the composition of the song," Elio recalls. "At the end of the interrogation, the carabiniere told me, off the record, that we had won, that whitening cards had been found. Giorgia told me that they had also reported the same hypothesis to her. The mystery is infected. But we didn't care. We had gone there to break the bales and succeeded."

Elio also shares a poignant memory of the band's darkest day: the death of Feiez. "Yes, when Feiez died," Elio recounts somberly. "He was before our eyes. I don't know how many happened to see a friend die like this, someone with whom you shared days, dreams, hopes, rabbies. He was 36 years old. When he collapsed, playing, I had the feeling that a piece of me had gone, that nothing would have been more as before.It happened on December 23 and I remember the surreal atmosphere of those days, between mourning and celebration, with the gifts and dinners mixed with the death of your friend. All surreal. But unfortunately all true."

In contrast,he recalls one of their funniest moments at the Festival,when they dressed as "ciccioni." "The second time at the Festival. We had disguised as ciccioni, today we would be rightly condemned for body shaning, but they were other times and everything must be historic. do you think I went to hear Leoncavallo's clowns and I realized that, when Tonio is offended by the beautiful, they changed the word "hump" in "back" ... however, imprisoned in those costumes, we coudl not wait to go to the bathroom. But all possible prizes delivered us. Arrived tired at the time of the general classification, we feared that we had won. I don't know if our watertight estate would have allowed us to collect the prize ..."

Elio also recounts the infamous May 1, 1991 concert."We have always been cruel.The concert of May 1st was already turning into a kind of Festivalbar and then we decided to combine some mess," he explains. Their performance,which included a rap criticizing prominent figures,was cut short,leading to a memorable encounter with the carabinieri.